KidsExercise

Too much time is spent sitting, rather than playing during sports practices, a new study shows. Credit: Corbis

Kids are so busy these days. After-school schedules are are filled with hours of sports practices and homework. Weekends are packed wit...Only about a quarter of children playing organized sports are getting the amount of exercise recommended by the government during team practice, the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine reports.

A mother of a 12-year-old boy approached me about helping her son improve his footwork in basketball. Overall, the boy does fairly well in all sports, but she felt his game would be better if he could move his feet faster.
The 12-Year-Old Boy (let...

Each week, personal trainer Reggie Reyes shares with us a child-related health and/or fitness concern that he's been approached with, and how he's helped clients to solve the problem.
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Mr. Smith and his 15-year-old son came in looking for ...

Dear Reggie,
My 11-year-old daughter Sophie is an avid downhill skier in the winter and plays competitive soccer in the summer. Lately she has been experiencing pain in her lower back and right knee. Sometimes the pain is intense enough to prevent h...

Dear Reggie, I have three kids between the ages of nine and 13 starting March Break very soon. Most of their physical activity is completed during school recess, walking to and from school and the occasional playtime outdoors. They are a little shy ...

The Olympics provide a great platform to get your kids moving and off the couch. My family loves to watch the figure skaters, hockey players, downhill skiers and snowboarders compete at the highest level for their country's pride and glory. My younge...

Dear Reggie,
My 13-year-old son (Brandon) has sports-induced asthma. He's crazy for sports, especially ice hockey and soccer. I get nervous every time he plays a game. If it's too cold in the arena I think he's going to have an asthma attack. If it'...

Type-2 diabetes is no longer a disease of the adult population. Unfortunately, kids as young as 10 years old are developing the disease at an alarming rate. Parents who are aware of the signs, symptoms and risk factors for developing type-2 diabetes ...

Fitness training can be broken down into components such as strength, power, muscular endurance, aerobic fitness, balance and flexibility. The traditional approach to training is to complete separate programs that focus on each of these, independen...

It is great that many parents and schools are promoting 60 minutes of vigorous daily activity for our kids. In the ideal situation, our kids will adopt a healthy lifestyle that includes healthy eating and daily activity. Unfortunately, vigorous exerc...

I am often contacted by parents mystified about what to do when it comes to getting their kids active. "What program should I enroll Jimmy in?" or "How can I find time in our hectic schedule to take my daughter to another appointment?"
It's unders...

Over the last decade active video games have been promoted as great tools to get your kids active and off the couch watching television. Many households have purchased Wii Sports and different dance competition games with the intention of getting t...

If you can't beat 'em, make 'em work for it. That seems to be the sentiment of the inventors of Step2Play, an exercise machine aimed at kids who spend a lot of time playing video games. The machine links directly to the console of the play station, ...